Professional Development | Grades 5 – 9 | Professional Library | JournalSpelling: From Invention to Strategies
Veteran educator Howard Miller shares a set of strategies that can propel middle school writers (and "inventive" spellers) into the role of being responsible and strategic in this Voices from the Middle article.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Recurring LessonSort, Hunt, Write: A Weekly Spelling Program
It's easy to make spelling fun. Using a variety of activities from sorting to using words in context will help deepen students' understanding of word patterns.

Classroom Resources | Grades 4 – 8 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonSpelling Patterns "Go Fish" Card Game
Students use sets of words that share a spelling pattern to create a card game like "Go Fish" and then play the game in groups, helping them improve their spelling.

Classroom Resources | Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard LessonThe Two Voices of the ow Spelling Pattern
Variable vowels are the focus of this lesson; students use nursery rhymes and ow to study how vowels can change their sounds according to different spelling patterns.